it's there ... it's all there ....

you can't see ?

maybe you don't deserve to see !

Alain

I would hide myself until I die if I was this person



Alain

this afternoon I started to remove all the rust from the rocker panel
it was way worst than expected but nothing a few piece of metal, welding and finition bondo can't fix
I grinded until I was on solid and clean metal and shooted everything with a thick rust proofing paint

before


after


before


after


I have no after pictures of the driver side , the passenger side is the worst

if you car has some visible rust at the same spot as mine double check everything
because I found out that the plastic paint/protection we have on the lower rocker panel is perfect to hide the rust and keep the rotten metal in place holding there until  you see it too late

Alain

close your eyes and go to the next thread if you are sensitive

here's 4 close up of the rust on my car

I decided to rebuilt it this year and started the work last sunday after 2 years of not driving it and letting it sit in snow and grass

the worst is the joint in the passenger side on the rocker panel and rear fender from under it is rusted throught with a hole about 3 inches wide


the same spot at the driver side


I see lots of buffing and welding comming up for those 2 spots

I also have rust hole in the 2 rear fender



those are easy fix
also 1 broken door handle on the passenger side
and the torque meister has no more idle it keep swinging from 1000 to 2400 rpm at park and neutral and keep steady

I hear a crunshing noise when I turn right

but luckily I have tons of extra parts new and used

Alain

at 10 seconds into the trailer you see the control room
the second big screen tv on the wall is now sitting in my living room paid bellow cost price thanks to LG product placement 

Alain

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809936373/video/8306623

Yeah !
and I did that
well I wasn't alone 

but I'm proud of what i do for a living
Alain

when I did the 2.4 swap I used the stock 2.0l injectors and I was running lean on the narrow band and high on the egt
I switched to a set of accel #24 and the egt dropped a lot the narrow band was happier too

definitely not #24
could be 21 or 19 since neons have 19

Alain

#24 are bigger than stock
we are using Bosch yellow in theory they are #19

Alain

and btw forgot to mention advice 2 : remove the valve cover and coil pack you will gain close to 2 inch of workspace

Alain

and a very good advice
remove the fuel cap !

the gas will barely spill if the fuel cap of the tank is removed
this will help reversing the flow inside the fuel line

if you don't do that you could have a siphon effect

Alain

or plain and simple battery pole issue
disconnect both plugs
clean them properly and grind any crust
connect them tight

when there is too much corrosion the poles will let small amount of current flow throught which would explain radio lights etc
but the 50+ amp that require a starter to run is too much

Alain

the movie was supposed to be last week of september 08 but since reactions are so high in all the screening tests they did so far they are now talking third week of august !
they want to catch the teen/college male audience before going back to school

Alain

and I was beeing myself

Alain

like I said the higher the octane the harder it is to ignite
with more compression you have a higher air temperature when compressed
higher temperature = higher chance of dieseling  that's an auto ignition mostly cause by junk inside the combustion chamber burning red hot and acting like a spark plug


not really much hotter it is still good old fuel the octane alone will not change the properties of the car fuel
unlike when you are running a much different fuel type like propane or methane

Alain

the mustangS , with an S because we used 18 of them to make the movie, were drenched several times with the flame thrower
for some scenes we had to cover the cars with a special flame retardant liquid to protect the stuntmen

and the flame thrower was spectacular to see in action but the liquid used was a mixture made to generate lots of smoke with a flame burning at a low temperature

Alain